Really excited to see the new gameplay footage. This might just be enough to motivate me to get a Wii U later this year.

I know most people will compare the new game mechanic to Mario Galaxy, but it reminds me quite a bit of the test footage that was released of the infamous Sonic X-treme for Saturn back in the 90s. I don't think Saturn was the right system to pull off the cool concepts seen in Sonic Xtreme, but now we finally might see it done right!

Also, the new three-phase running system should be interesting. Walk, run, and boost speeds (assuming I read the report correctly) might be a great new innovation to the series.

That looks great! I can't wait! But, then again, I've been just as excited before and even more disappointed when the game turns out bad. Hopefully that will not be the case in this one.

This game is one of three exclusive partnerships between Sonic Team and Nintendo. I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo helped out in the development of the game to make sure Sonic Team makes full advantage of the Wii U's abilities.